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I suppose we should start by heading the warning from Sevconian under-performer, Ian Black, who suggested that the Third Division is harder than the SPL.  By this logic, Second Division Arbroath will terrify the life out of the Celtic defence ahead of their Scottish Cup tie tomorrow, they did, after all, put three goals past Inverurie Locos in the Third Round tie, and again in the replay.

Only Montrose

Having previously experienced the delights of Brechin, Forfar and the Dundee clubs, after tomorrow, the only Tayside club I will not have seen will be Montrose.  These opportunities don’t come around often enough!

In all seriousness, Second and Third Division football is not difficult, it is essentially Keep Fit on the cheap.  Celtic must deal with the sincere endeavour of their opponents while giving an opportunity for several fringe players to grace Celtic Park.

With our midfield already stretched by injury and suspension ahead of the Spartak game, Neil Lennon will want to guard this area of the team in particular.  Spartak play their last game before heading to Glasgow tonight, at home to Zenit, who sit five points about them after 17 games.  This is a huge game for Spartak and interim manager Valery Karpin, who will either succeed as interim, and be made permanent boss, or to fail and to also lose his general manager position.

Unusually for the Champions League, they have five days to recover before facing Celtic, a game Karpin is keen to win.  Celtic will technically only have four days rest but the bulk of players likely to play in midweek will surely be rested tomorrow.

Spartak will be without striker Welliton, who travelled to Germany for an operation this week.  Emmanuel Emenike, who scored twice against Celtic last month, is likely to lead the line.  Emenike is a penalty box striker who is more than capable of exploiting gaps in the Celtic box.  Karpin may instead opt to play target-man Artyom Dzuba as a sole striker.  Dzuba is not a prodigious goal-scorer but he is able to hold play up and bring others into the game.

I loved media suggestions today that Sports Direct have a fight on their hands from other firms if they want their brand used to rename Ibrox.  You have to admire the intellectual endeavour that goes into news coverage in this country.  Sports Direct area THE key business partner for The Rangers.  The only issue open to question is how much skin they are in the game for and what they get in return.  Remember this when you’re buying sports kit for Christmas!

Unlike the CQN Annual, the perfect Christmas present, available here and not found in any Sports Direct store.

Lower league clubs will all surely be quaking in their boots at the news The Rangers will not only bring in well over £20m in a share issue, but could also earn countless riches from stadium naming rights.  The leaked IPO PowerPoint presentation suggested the Offer for Subscription would commence on Monday. I am sure it is on-plan.

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  1. gedhed7 on

    I listened to NIcky Campbell interview Niel Doncaster today for 5 live. Now I have always had a healthy respect for NIcky as a journalist he is up there with the best in my view but during said interview NIcky asked Doncaster “Scottish football needs the great Glasgow Rangers” well I had to for the first time E mail a radio station….’Nicky is this the great Glasgow Rangers who had a sectarian signing policy for over 100 years and whose fans have trashed some of the finest cities in Europe? funnily enough never received a reply….but …I have heard NIcky wax lyrical about the Lions so although he’s a jam tart am willing to cut him some slack …..cos we are different from thems HH

  2. DJBEE on

    OK I am going to start a ramble again but before I set off to bed I will tell you if you want to know the mentality of a rankgers legend, just listen to snyde tonight and the BFDJ admits that everyone, every supporter of every (other) club in Scotland except the dead club admit that they are dead and crucially so does he! Listen to it! He says that fans of every other club factually are “CORRECT” but they are wrong emotionally.

     

     

    WTF

  5. philvisreturns on

    Estadio – Seems like sound advice, although I think Mr. Garrison sang it better.

     

     

    I heard there is no Christmas in the silly Middle East… (thumbsup)

  7. Kilbowie Kelt on

    Estadio

     

     

    23:29 on 30 November, 2012

     

     

    I don’t know whether to laugh or cry!!

     

    __________________

     

     

    Hard to do either of those things while you are throwing up, Estadio.

  10. Kilbowie Kelt on

    jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/

     

     

    23:29 on 30 November, 2012

     

     

    K K You’re lucky to be alive!!

     

    ________________________

     

     

    Strangely enough, there are lots of good, decent people in those communities among the dead-heads.

     

    I got on very well with most of them.

     

    I never had any real hassle.

     

    Also, it was 1966-69, so I was kind of enjoying life to the full at that time for some reason.

  11. Stringer Bell on

    CRAP!!!

     

     

    Forgot that flintoff guy was boxing tonight. No way he was going to lose, sky on to an earner with him.

     

     

    FORGOT TO BET HIM. AAAAAAARRGHHH

  13. DJBEE on

    Looking Forward to the Headlines Tomorrow

     

     

    Former Ipox Legend Admits “Wur Deed”

     

     

    sub “But if yur a bluenose we don’t acknowledge that it doesn’t matter what everyone thinks”

     

     

    OOOr historis is intact n that know

  18. jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/ on

    K K

     

     

    One of my customers gave me a Celtic rug as a wedding present. Still got it!!

  20. Kilbowie Kelt on

    Occasionally one of my customers would have given me a ‘Celtic rug’.

     

     

    But, in Baltic Street that would have been a euphemism in rhyming slang.

  21. Saint Stivs on

    was at a match tonight u16s west region v pro youth raith rovers at Bathgate.

     

     

    on the sidelines the partisan parents encourage their offspring.

     

     

    next to us, 3 men, Raith associates

     

     

    “and then its Stirling, Montrose away, Annan then elgin away right at christmas an awe”

     

     

    i thought what a hard shift , being the parent of a young footballer.

     

     

     

    then the heavens opened and one parent opened up a union jack umbrella.

     

     

    and then the penny dropped.

     

     

    me and a fellow drumchapel tim, burst out laughing.

     

     

    hehehehheheheh

     

    hahahhahahahhaha

     

     

    stupid zombies.

  25. Estadio on

    I wrote this while under the influence of a prophetic mind altering substance in 2007! Some of the predictions are still to come true…..BUT THEY WILL!!

     

     

    Flickin through my old copies of Doris Day albums, I came across her underground version of Secret Love.

     

     

    I think it is quite TIMeous!

     

     

    So clear that throat, get singing, and convince your family that you have totally flipped!

     

     

    If you don’t know the tune here’s Doris in all her glory (and tight trousers)

     

     

    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=W8Ar9Q0Eru4

     

     

    And here is the Underground version!

     

    SECRET WISH!

     

     

    Once they had a secret wish

     

    The huns would win the euro cup

     

    Instead their wish turned into pish

     

    Its time to wind the bigots up!

     

     

    The judge has put on his black cap

     

    And told sir Minty – he’s fur jail

     

    Cos Bain refused to take the rap

     

    And Findlay wullnae pay the bail!

     

     

     

    First Chorus

     

     

    Now I shout it out frae Garrowhill

     

     

    Across the town and up to Jordanhill

     

     

    The huns are heading furra clink

     

     

    And aw their mingin fans ….are jumpin …..in the drink.

     

     

     

    How he cried when came the news

     

    That London’s cops were headed by a Pape!

     

    So he and Wattie hit the booze

     

    While Bainey burnt incriminating tape.

     

     

    But the polismen had nabbed their man

     

    Now Minty’s just a sad pariah

     

    He’s on his way tae Glasgow’s can

     

    Banged up inside the black mariah

     

     

    SECOND CHORUS

     

     

    Now their rabid fans huv had their fill

     

     

    And wish that Minty’s mum wis oan the pill

     

     

    Or even better, he’d bought Ayr

     

     

    Cos their secret dream’s ….a screamin ……NIGHTMARE!

     

     

    FINALE (if you’re a bloke then pull those trousers tight and really hit that high ‘C’)

     

     

    Now I shout it out frae Parkheid cross

     

    They’re no jist skint, their scabby side is dross

     

    And Minty’s found a new hotel

     

    Behind steel bars……locked inside……the Bar-L

     

     

    Hail Hail

     

     

    Estadio

  26. THE EXILED TIM on

    JQB

     

     

    I noticed the other day you were asking about the old slide guitar, was perusing the youtube thing as you do, and yer man Ry Cooder would be up there with the best imo.

     

     

    As my computer is playing up as usual, and my flash player has died again, it’s a daily thing now, I can’t get on to U tube just now, or I would post a link or two, but you already know he is quality on the slide.

  29. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    heard tonight the flare at tynecastle was let off by an agent provocateur

  30. JimmyQuinnsBits on

    Estadio,

     

     

    good to have the Blog Bard back amigo!

     

     

    TET,

     

     

    indeed I was… ole Ry Cooder is a man…. I’ve been playin the guitar for 40 years, and I’ve been tryin to pick up the slide… it’s ok, but I can’t do the things I really want to… there’s a philosophical slogan

     

     

    I beginning to think its true what they say about old dogs

  32. Hamiltontim on

    Canamalar

     

     

    They let the flare off next to the head of an unsuspecting Tim, he was less than happy!!!

  36. Hamiltontim on

    Canamalar

     

     

    I can’t say that for certain but going by past such occurances at away games I’d suspect it was.

  37. Kilbowie Kelt on

    Estadio,

     

    Great to have the outpourings of the quirkiest, & almost certainly the most gifted, spirit on these pages back on a regular basis.

     

    You give us the unedited version.

     

    Hope things are going well for you.

     

     

    Thanks.

  40. Neil canamalar Lennon hunskelper extrordinaire on

    ht,

     

    so to make that assumption you’ll know exactly how they managed to get it onto the stadium then

     

    remembering that each and every one of them where identified and searched twice before being allowed entry.

  42. Hamiltontim on

    Canamalar

     

     

    That’s incorrect.

     

     

    I went in through a turnstile behind a member of the GB. He was under no more scrutiny than me.

     

     

    Have to say I’m at a loss to comprehend the point you’re trying to make.

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